EC sets up 18-member c'tee for Nov. polls

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Mansa Musa 8 years ago

Hope it is not a grouping of sympathisers of the ruling govt.

Hope it is not a grouping of sympathisers of the ruling govt.
Kofi, USA 8 years ago

Our Nana Addo ugly Who art in Ghana Loser be your name Thy defeat come again Your free education be done by NDC As it is in your promise Give us this day our all die be die plan And forgive us our supreme court verdict As we ...
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Our Nana Addo ugly Who art in Ghana Loser be your name Thy defeat come again Your free education be done by NDC As it is in your promise Give us this day our all die be die plan And forgive us our supreme court verdict As we forgive your sabotage And lead us not into civil war But deliver us from another petition For thine is your habit Thy arrogant is your name The lies in the newspaper From now till 2021 JDM shall rule AMEN"''''''''''''''''''''''''''".
Sikdo 8 years ago

U will.die like.a dog.u are a Fool

U will.die like.a dog.u are a Fool
WAR AGAINST NPP BULLYING 8 years ago

Our Nana Addo ugly Who art in Ghana Loser be your name Thy defeat come again Your free education be done by NDC As it is in your promise Give us this day our all die be die plan And forgive us our supreme court verdict As we ...
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Our Nana Addo ugly Who art in Ghana Loser be your name Thy defeat come again Your free education be done by NDC As it is in your promise Give us this day our all die be die plan And forgive us our supreme court verdict As we forgive your sabotage And lead us not into civil war But deliver us from another petition For thine is your habit Thy arrogant is your name The lies in the newspaper From now till 2021 JDM shall rule AMEN"''''''''''''''''''''''''''".
nana 8 years ago

Learn common sense. If someone pay's you to do harm to someone. It doesn't mean to be stupid as you have been. Nana addo must be ugly but smarter than the man who born you to this world. So stop all this stupid nonsense you b ...
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Learn common sense. If someone pay's you to do harm to someone. It doesn't mean to be stupid as you have been. Nana addo must be ugly but smarter than the man who born you to this world. So stop all this stupid nonsense you been doing when ever there's a news you have to be idiot about it.
Mahmoud 8 years ago

I hope this is not going to be another facade, and its members drawn from core NDC supporters to help rig the elections.

I hope this is not going to be another facade, and its members drawn from core NDC supporters to help rig the elections.
Kwesi ab 8 years ago

Which right did she have to go that far to set up committee? Those who wrote the constitution didn't do enough if this woman can do that.

Which right did she have to go that far to set up committee? Those who wrote the constitution didn't do enough if this woman can do that.
Prof. Ndebugri, UK 8 years ago

I hope the 18-member was put together by the Chief-of-Staff at the Presidency! For the sake of transparency, the selection must be done with input from the public or all stakeholders, especially political parties.

I hope the 18-member was put together by the Chief-of-Staff at the Presidency! For the sake of transparency, the selection must be done with input from the public or all stakeholders, especially political parties.
crack 8 years ago

It's too late forming a committee just for the sake of an EC credibility. That 200,000 thing you said on JOY FM just shows how bias you are.

It's too late forming a committee just for the sake of an EC credibility. That 200,000 thing you said on JOY FM just shows how bias you are.
dan Canada 8 years ago

We called this one ndc committee but no shake nana will be next president for Ghana coming November 7 Amen

We called this one ndc committee but no shake nana will be next president for Ghana coming November 7 Amen
DIRECTOR ONE-YIZESI 8 years ago

Tweaa! Which nana? That Congo boy cannot even win an assembly election. He will surely loose again. Amen!

Tweaa! Which nana? That Congo boy cannot even win an assembly election. He will surely loose again. Amen!
Kofi, USA 8 years ago

For the hypocritical ears of NPP and nana akuffo Addo

1. KUFOUR ADMITS TO CORRUPTION IN HIS GOVERNMENT AND SAYS HE WONT EXPOSE IT Unlike President Mahama who has taken action on allegations of corruption ,the NPP governme ...
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For the hypocritical ears of NPP and nana akuffo Addo

1. KUFOUR ADMITS TO CORRUPTION IN HIS GOVERNMENT AND SAYS HE WONT EXPOSE IT Unlike President Mahama who has taken action on allegations of corruption ,the NPP government under Kufour refused to either expose or punish corruption. At a 2003 NPP delegates conference held in Cape Coast, President Kufour in his address made excuses for corruption in his government. Among other justifications he said corruption "was as old as Adam" and that on a daily basis he and his officials are tempted with all manner of things including the proverbial apple of the Garden of Eden. He admitted that people come with all manner of inducements but he only tells them to go and come next time. He also stated that he was not going to expose corruption in his government lest his government collapses and what he did when instances of corruption came to his notice was to call the offending Minister or appointee and caution him not to repeat the corrupt act.

2. ESSEKU GATE In 2005, then National Chairman of the NPP, Mr Haruna Esseku was caught on tape telling NPP supporters that President Kufour was the chief recipient of kickbacks from contractors at the castle. He lamented that unlike in the past when he could go to the castle and have his car boot stashed with kickback funds, President Kufour was at the time withholding those funds and this affected his ability to provide resources for the running of the NPP. For this revelation Mr Esseku was held hostage and prevented from attending the NPP delegates conference at Legon that year.

3. HOTEL WAAWAA In the first term of President Kufour and his NPP government, Gizzelle Yadzi revealed that she had been asked by Kufour to negotiate the purchase of an US $ 8 million Hotel for him. Of course later we were told that it was Chief Kufour and not President Kufour who bought the hotel. Chief Kufour had no business track record prior to his father becoming President and had also not demonstrated any capacity to raise US $ 8 million dollars to buy such a hotel.

4. LOOTING OF STATE LANDS The looting and sharing of state lands is still fresh on our minds. A recount of the sale of government bungalows and public lands to Jake Obetsebi Lamptey, President Kufour, Kwodwo Mpiani and other NPP Ministers and cronies points to evidence of corruption. Jake Obetsebi Lamptey bought his official bungalow which sat on over an Acre of prime Land at Ridge for a paltry GHC 390, 000 when the property is valued at USD 2,000,000. Documents available from the lands commission show clearly that from President Kufour, his Ministers, party functionaries and cronies all bought state lands at ridiculously low prices. The former international students hostel land was carved out and shared among more NPP Ministers, party functionaries, and cronies.

5. DIVERSION OF 6O BILLION CEDIS OF TAX PAYERS MONEY TO FUND NPP PROPAGANDA MACHINE A 2009 audit report revealed that up to 60 billion cedis of the tax payer's money taken from the TOR debt recovery levy, the HIPC etc. was used fund a so called communication strategy which was only a euphemism for a conduit used to siphon state funds into the NPP campaign. The auditors could not find details of this strategy or how it was executed except dubious payments to shady groups such as BLOW, PRIM, and FIRST RESPONDERS. Most of the people who make the loudest noise about corruption these days (Anthony Karbo, John Boadu and Samuel Abu Jinapor) are on a list submitted to National Security under the NPP for these payments to be made. This looting of the TOR coffers contributed in no small measure towards the difficulties it currently faces.

6. E.O GROUP SHARES IN JUBILEE FIELD While 25 million Ghanaians had to make do with only 13.6% stake in the Jubilee field. Two NPP top shots, George Owusu and Ambassador Edusei were given 3% shares which amounts to a colossal US$300 million. It is instructive to note that in one of the Wikileaks cables President Kufour was quoted as having told a US senator that his interests in Ghana's oil are being coordinated by Mr Kwabena Darko of Darko Farms. When investigations were carried out into the EO group's affairs by Ghanaian authorities, it emerged that their company address was the same as the address of Darko Farms! The explanations given for how EO group came to own such a significant stake in the Jubilee field do not wash. We are told that they found Kosmos and brought them in to discover oil for Ghana. It is strange that GNPC which was formed in 1983 and which has all the expertise one can think of in the oil industry could not find a partner to discover oil but it took a two-man company with no experience or track record in the oil industry to find a partner for us. Even stranger is the fact that the EO group was allowed to be part of the joint operating agreement signed among the partners in the jubilee field when they did not meet the basic requirements to be part of such a venture. First they have no track record of having being part of such a venture in the past neither did they possess the financial capacity to make good their part of the cash calls which are necessary for the operation of the jubilee field. As it turned out they were carried by Kosmos and seeing as Kosmos is no father Christmas, the conclusion that can be drawn is that the EO group shares was made a conditionality for giving Kosmos the exploration license. We recall that Franklyn Cudjoe and his so-called think tank were loud in their defence of this unconscionable action when public outcry greeted the exposure of this deal.

7. DAN BOTWE QUESTIONS SOURCE OF FUNDS FOR LAVISH NPP FLAGBEARERSHIP CONTEST In 2007 Mr. Dan Botwe, former General secretary of the NPP and Former Information Minister expressed worry about the ostentatious nature of the campaigns that were being waged by seventeen aspirants who contested for the 2007 flag bearer slot of the NPP. In an interview with Citi FM in 2007, he lamented how the NPP in opposition could not afford to purchase even flags and T shirts and yet in power it was possible for 17 people to spend so much money on a flag bearer race. Some aspirants could even afford to charter aircrafts for campaign tours and hire aircrafts to fly their banners in the air. Hackman Owusu Agyeman himself an aspirant in that contest also bitterly complained about the extravagance that was displayed in that campaign. Where did the NPP get all that money from if not through corrupt kickback collection?

8. GHANA @ 50 After spending a whopping US$ 75 million dollars on Ghana's 50th birthday celebration, it emerged that Dr Wireko Brobey, Chief executive of the Ghana @50 secretariat made cash payments to supposed contractors and service providers in polythene bags without any supporting documentation.

9. AMOATENG HEROIN SCANDAL NPP MP for Nkoranza North was arrested in the United States of America for trafficking large quantities of heroin and is currently languishing in in jail in the US. Amoateng was a key NPP financier and received his party's full support in the wake of his arrest.

10. SEKYI HUGHES LOOTS HIS BUNGALOW Former speaker of Parliament under the NPP Ebenezer Begyina Sekyi Hughes when leaving his official bungalow looted it empty. He carried along all the curtains, furniture and fixtures in the house. Some media reports had it that Mr Sekyi Hughes even took away flower pots.
Akwesi 8 years ago

Why do we always set up committees in every issue in the country. This people will just go and return with nothing new.

Why do we always set up committees in every issue in the country. This people will just go and return with nothing new.
CAPE COAST BOY 8 years ago

THIS LADY IS TOO FUNNY THAT SHE THINK 'S THE GOOD PEOPLE OF GHANA ARE EQUALLY STUPID LIKE HER HUSBAND

THIS LADY IS TOO FUNNY THAT SHE THINK 'S THE GOOD PEOPLE OF GHANA ARE EQUALLY STUPID LIKE HER HUSBAND
kk 8 years ago

So good people of GH is going to stay quit till this Nigeria/ mahama will plunge GH into war OK then

So good people of GH is going to stay quit till this Nigeria/ mahama will plunge GH into war OK then
Kwesi 8 years ago

What does EC need a committee for. The EC present commissioner doesn't know what she is doing. She came into the position to rig this coming election for Prez Mahama. But now she has realized that it will not be possible.

What does EC need a committee for. The EC present commissioner doesn't know what she is doing. She came into the position to rig this coming election for Prez Mahama. But now she has realized that it will not be possible.
Kwasi nkwaa 8 years ago

Bogus and fraudulent at inauguration. Charlotte Osei is a fraud imposed on us by incompetent Mahama to do his bidding. Assured of cash and favours. EC will plunge Ghana into war.

Bogus and fraudulent at inauguration. Charlotte Osei is a fraud imposed on us by incompetent Mahama to do his bidding. Assured of cash and favours. EC will plunge Ghana into war.
EAGLE EYE 8 years ago

SHES NOW LEARNING ON HER ROLE.WHY SHOULD SHE TAKE ADVICE FROM ASIEDU NKATIA?

SHES NOW LEARNING ON HER ROLE.WHY SHOULD SHE TAKE ADVICE FROM ASIEDU NKATIA?
kk 8 years ago

CORRUPT EC, CORRUPT SUPREME COURT. WITHOUT A NEW VOTERS REGISTER NOBODY WILL ACCEPT THE RESULTS IF AND NOBODY HAS TIME FOR ATUGUBA'S SUPREME COURT AGAIN IF.

CORRUPT EC, CORRUPT SUPREME COURT. WITHOUT A NEW VOTERS REGISTER NOBODY WILL ACCEPT THE RESULTS IF AND NOBODY HAS TIME FOR ATUGUBA'S SUPREME COURT AGAIN IF.
kk 8 years ago

THIS POISONOUS WOMAN SHOULD NOT BE ALLOWD TO EXCAPE IN 2016 ELECTIONS IF. SHE IS NOT INTELLIGENT TO LEARN FROM WHAT HAPPENED IN 2012 ELECTIONS.

THIS POISONOUS WOMAN SHOULD NOT BE ALLOWD TO EXCAPE IN 2016 ELECTIONS IF. SHE IS NOT INTELLIGENT TO LEARN FROM WHAT HAPPENED IN 2012 ELECTIONS.
Sikdo 8 years ago

Ghanaians.wake.don't.sitting.down.for this lady.winch.devil.to.bringing.problem s.in Ghana.this.woman is a criminal.Nigeria.how can.Ghanaians.sitting down.for.Nigeria woman criminal.to.the.Ec.John mahama is.very.dangerous.he ...
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Ghanaians.wake.don't.sitting.down.for this lady.winch.devil.to.bringing.problem s.in Ghana.this.woman is a criminal.Nigeria.how can.Ghanaians.sitting down.for.Nigeria woman criminal.to.the.Ec.John mahama is.very.dangerous.he is.a criminal.vampire.Ghanaians.wake up
abele 8 years ago

name them now

name them now
Be real 8 years ago

Someone better advice this naija girl to not tamper with the Nov polls because Ghanafo aye wild paaa

Someone better advice this naija girl to not tamper with the Nov polls because Ghanafo aye wild paaa
ORIGINAL VOICE OF REASON 8 years ago

Poor Ghana.It is as if the drafters of the constitution did so with guns pointing to their heads.How else can we make sense of a prez who is contesting the election to single-handedly choose the EC boss?And Opposition just si ...
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Poor Ghana.It is as if the drafters of the constitution did so with guns pointing to their heads.How else can we make sense of a prez who is contesting the election to single-handedly choose the EC boss?And Opposition just sit and stare?
ORIGINAL VOICE OF REASON 8 years ago

Ghana's farcical constitution needs rewritten. .Why shd the president be made to wield so much power?It does not add up and it is a sure recipe for breeding corruption !

Ghana's farcical constitution needs rewritten. .Why shd the president be made to wield so much power?It does not add up and it is a sure recipe for breeding corruption !
Danjuma 8 years ago

My dear friend, when the Constitution was being promulgated, your forebears refused to be part of it. Now the same constitute is being used in running the afairs of this country of which want to secure the mandate of Ghanians ...
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My dear friend, when the Constitution was being promulgated, your forebears refused to be part of it. Now the same constitute is being used in running the afairs of this country of which want to secure the mandate of Ghanians to form a government. It amazes me when I read such comments from you guys regarding the Constitution and I kept asking myself where is your principles?
Osei Boakye 8 years ago

What if after this 18 members Committee the EC set up, the NPP comes out the winners in this November, 2016 election?

Or you are saying that's not possible?

What if after this 18 members Committee the EC set up, the NPP comes out the winners in this November, 2016 election?

Or you are saying that's not possible?
Atsu 8 years ago

Joe Whittal from Fumbesi or Sandema is 100% NDC!

WHAT A RIGGED COMMITTEE? ARE THESE NDC GUYS GOING TO BE OBJECTIVE?

HALL OF SHAME.

Joe Whittal from Fumbesi or Sandema is 100% NDC!

WHAT A RIGGED COMMITTEE? ARE THESE NDC GUYS GOING TO BE OBJECTIVE?

HALL OF SHAME.
BLACK-NINJA-ASIA... 8 years ago

Stupid,NDC'S cum mahama,Kofi U.S.A and DOUGLAS BRISTOL-U.K u fools will be kill very soon,we are seaching for u fool's everywhere,Basterds...what a fucking committee Again,What we get from those stupid commisional of Enquiry ...
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Stupid,NDC'S cum mahama,Kofi U.S.A and DOUGLAS BRISTOL-U.K u fools will be kill very soon,we are seaching for u fool's everywhere,Basterds...what a fucking committee Again,What we get from those stupid commisional of Enquiry for GFA,on FIFA WORLD CUP BRAZIL??? first fool is a fool,but not. A second fool ok,we are tired this Nigeria lady must kill period...we will finish her with her ASHAWO FAMILY BFR...2016 ELECTION...
CYBERGHANA 8 years ago

Can't even spell people. With ur phony moniker, we're still hunt you down, idiot.
Prepare to lose moron like you.

Can't even spell people. With ur phony moniker, we're still hunt you down, idiot.
Prepare to lose moron like you.
BLACK-NINJA-ASIA... 8 years ago

CYBER GHANA,YOUR VERY STUPID ASHAWO NI BA- im 17 year old,Ghainan- singaporian fool,my dad is Ghanaian proudly Akan,kwasia Ghanaians are suffer simple because useless people's like u Alway's begging yes sir masa,kwasia,meet m ...
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CYBER GHANA,YOUR VERY STUPID ASHAWO NI BA- im 17 year old,Ghainan- singaporian fool,my dad is Ghanaian proudly Akan,kwasia Ghanaians are suffer simple because useless people's like u Alway's begging yes sir masa,kwasia,meet me on F.B 17 year part time model,Ghanaian-singapore study in japan,Aboafunu I'm Leaning Twi,simple becouse my dad is prodly. Akan he is in Ghana now for my Grandma funeral,I'm using my dad mobile so dont fucking insult me Stupid CYBER GHANA,I'm Using japanese mobile its teach me twi language so do not fuck with me,I'm fucking tired with ur stupid NDC'S and Aponkye funu president ok,come to Asia and Lean more stupid fool,Ghana is sinking u fool's are Happy for that kwasia biba,,,if ur a men with two balls give me ur real name or number I will send it to my father in Ghana now,and he will deal with u,Basterd CYBER GHANA,ODWAN M33...
atta mills 8 years ago

madam life is sweet dont die premature death

madam life is sweet dont die premature death
Mr Bond 8 years ago

Was the journalist that wrote this report hungry or just woke from sleep or he was dreaming?This news article lacks information and the story is disgusting.

Was the journalist that wrote this report hungry or just woke from sleep or he was dreaming?This news article lacks information and the story is disgusting.
shakamora 8 years ago

Kofi usa stop misbehaving calling nana addo ugly is not good his older than you respect

Kofi usa stop misbehaving calling nana addo ugly is not good his older than you respect
SUPREMO 8 years ago

I wonder how Kofi looks like. hahahahah, have ever created before. if u indult a fellow ugly u simply telling God that he hasn't created him well. Leave Kofi alone to pour his ignorance. Kofi votes for handsomeness but nothin ...
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I wonder how Kofi looks like. hahahahah, have ever created before. if u indult a fellow ugly u simply telling God that he hasn't created him well. Leave Kofi alone to pour his ignorance. Kofi votes for handsomeness but nothing else. These are the people who don't know why elections are conducted

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